This is a video of South Korean beatboxer Hiss (earlier this week: Wing) performing a wonderful rendition of the Thomas The Tank Engine theme by layering the different harmonies of the tune on top of each other. The result? I’ll be humming it all day, and if you know a
This is a video from BBC Earth Explore highlighting the work life of bus driver Glorioso, who’s driven a treacherous mountainside route in the Peruvian Andes for the last 12 years. Damn, talk about nerves of steel! Me? I have nerves of store brand aluminum foil. As the local saying
Because who wouldn’t want to eat a squat Italian plumber, chocolatier and pastry chef Amaury Guichon (previously) constructed Mario entirely out of chocolate, complete with a warp pipe, piranha plant, and question block. I loved watching the process. There’s just something about watching someone who knows what they’re doing while
Note: If time is money and you don’t have any, skip to 0:50 for the drop at 0:55 and prepare to have your mind blown 🤯 This is a video of South Korean beatboxing champion Wing performing his single ‘Dopamine’, a song that’s entirely beatboxed and hard to believe doesn’t
This is a video highlighting the ball-loving life of golden retriever Finley Molloy, who holds the Guinness World Record for most tennis balls held in a dog’s mouth, with a very respectable six. For reference, that’s six more than I can hold, and I’ve tried. Just getting one past my
Because if you yell ‘Free Bird’ at enough concerts somebody is bound to oblige, this is a video of musician Mo Yun performing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s guitar solo from the song on a traditional Chinese guzheng (a form of plucked zither). Like my girlfriend whenever she senses I’m about to start
Because some people presumably can pat their head and rub their stomach at the same time, this is a video of musician Pat Hinds performing Dire Straights’ ‘Sultans of Swing’ on a double harp guitar, with one hand performing the guitar medley, and the other the bass line on the
This is a video of incredibly skilled Japanese circus juggler Takehiro Nagaoka demonstrating his ball skills with some very stylized juggling. It’s pretty wild, and I particularly liked those long arm catches (far right in the pic above). I tried learning how to juggle when I was younger but quickly